Lot 1
THREE FOLIOS FROM AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN ON VELLUM
NORTH AFRICA, TUNISIA, PROBABLY KAIROUAN, 10TH CENTURY
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
Arabic manuscript on vellum comprising a bifolium and single folio, 6 lines to the page written in Eastern kufic script in sepia ink, the bifolio comprising Qur'an chapter 9, al-Tawba, verses 3 to 6 from, and the single folio comprising Qur'an chapter 8, al-Anfal, verse 75, up until title of chapter 9, verses separated by gold florets, red diacritics, catch phrases highlighted in gold
Dimensions
single folio 12cm x 16.5cm
Provenance
Acquired from the London art market in circa 1995.
Footnote
Further unpublished folios from the same Qur'an are kept in the collection of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia.